Souderton High School - Unaliyi Yearbook (Souderton, PA)

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Left to right: Gerald O. Johnson, Paul M. Hunsicker, Dr. J. Donald Kratz, O. D., Victor M. Nice, John Seitz, Willard S. Detwiler. SCHOOL BOARD Very few of the students within the walls of our high school and elementary buildings realize the full importance of the small but efficient body of men at the head of our school, the School Board. The gentle- men found in this group are: Dr. .l. Donald Kratz, O. D., optometrist, Willard S. Detwiler, retired underwriter for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Paul M. Hunsicker, mortician, Gerald O. Johnson, professional engineer for the Lexco Manufacturing Corporation, Victor M. Nice, real estate broker, and John Seitz, ser- vice station proprietor. This group meets willingly and faithfully once a month to discuss problems that may have arisen in the various schools in our district. They are responsible for the hiring of the faculty, and help immensely in mak- ing our school programs as inspirational and successful as they are. We, the Class of l956, humbly thank these six men for their sincerity in planning our educational training. We deeply appreciate all of their co-operation in helping us to make Souderton High School a better place in which to prepare ourselves for our individual roles of adulthood 7

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PRINCIPALS' MESSAGES E. MERTON CROUTHAMEL Supv. Principal Congratulations, Class of 1956 lt is with much satisfaction and great pleasure that l salute the graduating class of l956. The time has come to write finis to your high school work, but your life's work is just starting. There is iust one thing of which l should like to remind you. Since the first week you entered Souderton, l have tried to impress on you the value of time. Time is the best teacher. When you waste it, you will not only reduce your physical income but also the whole value of your life. Any- one who takes a year and makes it count for two, profits immeasurably in achievement and satisfaction. lf you have not yet developed the habit of making every minute count, you will have to do so now. Remember that you are iust beginning. You have to start all over again now, but this time with yourself as your own master and the iudge of your destiny. WM. E. MAXWELL 6 Greetings, Class of 1956 My congratulations for your efforts in the publishing of the Unaliyi. We celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the man who said, The taxes were indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them, but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly, and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. We hope your high school experiences have taught you to think straight, opened your eyes to beauty, taught you that there are no superiorities save of merit, service, and achievement, taught you to find out things for yourself, and that you have found the thing that you like best. If you continue to grow in iudgment, in tolerance and human sympathy, you will be happy. Sincerely, E. MERTON CROUTHAMEL WM. E. MAXWELL Principal

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TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS In the years that lie ahead we will often think back to our days in high school. Long hence we will remember incidents and faces, personalities as well as characters. Yet, through the years, more of Souderton High will remain with us than pleasant memories. The goals and methods, ideals, and ways of living, typical to America, have all been imparted to us by direct teaching and by example. Surely we can agree that the Faculty of S. H. S., by its patient efforts, has left us with a broad picture of American life, waiting to be utilized in the realization of a better and brighter world of tomorrow. Now we are leaving, and as we go we are filled with mixed feelings of regret and of anticipation. As the door closes behind us, we realize the time has come for parting-from each other and from our teachers. On this and the following pages are pictures of our Faculty. We cannot too fully express our gratitude to them for their sympathy, their kindness, and their friendship. C. V. BOLD WM. BOORSE R. F. BOOMHOWER CHARLES V. BOLD History, English, Civics, Problems of Democracy. Exercises a pointed wit . . . Firm be- liever in discipline . . . Capable director of Speech Club and Hi-Y . . . Supervisor of G. O. C. University of Pennsylvania, B.S., Temple University, M.Ed., University of California. WILLIAM M. BOORSE Problems of Democracy, Economics, American History. Has a keen diplomatic insight . . - Leads interesting discussions . . . Inter- ested in sports, model railroads, stamps . . . Assistant football coach and leader of Game Club. Bluffton College, A.B., Harvard, Uni- versity of Notre Dame, Temple University, Lehigh University. 8 RAYMOND F. BOOMHOWER Spanish, English. Noted for his Boston accent . . . Secret love is horticulture . . . Master of the anecdote . . . Commendably patient with Spanish students. Muhlenberg College, A.B.